Killing Game Show, The 
Alternative title: Fatal Rewind
Platform: Amiga 500
Region: Europe
Media: Floppy
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Shoot 'em Up - Multi-Directional - Sci-Fi
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1990
Developer: Raising Hell Productions
Publisher: Psygnosis Limited
Players: 1 Only
Relationship: On the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis it was still known as The Killing Game Show in Japan but retitled to Fatal Rewind for the European and American markets.
Hardware: OCS, ECS
Conversions: Atari ST, Sega Megadrive/Genesis
Disks: 1
Programmer: Martyn R. Chudley
Musician: Ray Norrish (Full FX), Timothy Brian Wright
Designer: Jeff Bramfitt, Jim Ray Bowers, Martyn R. Chudley, Pete Lyon
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This is a vertical platformer with horizontal wrap-around. For the entertainment of the futuristic masses, you play a criminal that has been inserted into a mechanical body with the promise that if you succeed in surviving through all the levels (there are many and they are hard), you will be set free.

You start each level at the bottom, near pooling liquid which will soon rise, at your immediate peril. Navigate the level from bottom to the exit at the top before the liquid rises and kills you. There are many other foes that fly around, causing you damage and basically annoying you to spit.

Most levels must be navigated through a series of keyed gates, doors, or portals. These shaped keys are scattered around the map and must by picked up and used only on the gates they match individually.

Twist: You can only carry one special weapon (triple shot, laser beam, or vertical shot) and one tool (key, liquid-freeze, or a red herring) at a time.

This game requires a lot of memorization of enemy movement patterns and optimum routes.
A unique feature is that when you die, you can watch a replay and take over at any point to continue your game.
You can also hit the HELP button at the start of each level to view a map, helping you plan your route.
 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/killing-game-show

On the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis it was still known as The Killing Game Show in Japan but retitled to Fatal Rewind for the European and American markets.

http://hol.abime.net/2575
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CHEATS:

View level maps:

Press [Help] when prompted to press Fire
before each section to view a map of that section.

Five lives:
Press [Help] during the replay to restart with
five lives.
